USAID: For our eyes only

The U.S. Agency for International Development has set aside more than $5 million for audits, reviews and evaluations of its Cuba programs since 2010.USAID hasn’t made any of the reports public. The agency carefully guards information about its Cuba programs. Taxpayers who finance the multibillion-dollar agency usually learn details about the programs only when there are leaks, lawsuits or investigations, such as the April 3 Associated Press report that disclosed that USAID had financed ZunZuneo, the so-called Cuban Twitter.

Lawmakers requested more information about ZunZuneo on April 8 after USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah said he didn’t know who came up with the idea for the project.

Perhaps lawmakers should consider requesting copies of some of the audits that have been done in recent years so that they can gain a broader perspective on the agency’s work in Cuba.
Below are some references to such reviews I found in federal records. This isn’t a comprehensive list.